"An Irish writer best known for the picture book Guess How Much I Love You, [Sam] McBratney offers an attractive collection of 56 short, pithy traditional stories from around the world, including folktales, fables, and biblical parables. Most are retold in two or three pages, and some are illustrated with small, stylized ink drawings, which add a decorative touch and occasionally underscore a selection's humor. The tales are well chosen, and the tellings are concise, nimble, and often amusing ... [and] are well suited to reading aloud."—Booklist